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On-line Seminar
Steve Fuller on The Governance of Science
Steve Fuller will be hosting a seminar on his recent book _The
Governance of Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open
Society_ between July 23 and July 30 on the Hayek-L email list, on
the web at:
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/hayek-l.html
Those who wish to participate in the seminar may subscribe to the
Hayek-L email list thru the Hayek-L web site, or by sending the
message:
subscribe Hayek-L <yourfirstname> <yourlastname>
to: [log in to unmask]
Fuller's online seminar will begin Sunday July 23 with an informal
introduction to the contents & arguments of his book _The
Governance of Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open
Society_. Steve will then field questions & reply to comments on
the contents of his book thru the week on the Hayek-L email list,
concluding Saturday, July 30. A brief introduction to Fuller's book
can also be found at the Open University Press web page for the
book at:
http://195.89.185.89/bd.cgi/openup/isb?0335202349
In the words of the book's publisher,
"This ground-breaking text offers a fresh perspective on the
governance of science from the standpoint of social and political
theory. Science has often been seen as the only institution that
embodies the elusive democratic ideal of the 'open society'. Yet,
science remains an elite activity that commands much more public
trust than understanding, even though science has become
increasingly entangled with larger political and economic issues.
Fuller proceeds by rejecting liberal and communitarian ideologies of
science, in favour of a 'republican' approach centred on 'the right to
be wrong'. He shows how the recent scaling up of scientific activity
has undermined the republican ideal. The centrepiece of the book,
a social history of the struggle to render the university a 'republic of
science' focuses on the potential challenges posed by
multiculturalism and capitalism. Finally, drawing on the science
policy of the US New Deal, Fuller proposes 'nothing short of a new
social contract for ''secularizing'' science."
Steve Fuller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.
Fuller is also the author of _Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History
for Our Times_, recently published by the U. of Chicago Press. His
email address is: [log in to unmask]
Information on the Hayek-L email list, along with information on
past Hayek-L seminars can be found at the Friedrich Hayek
Scholars' Page, on the web at:
http://www.hayekcenter.org/friedrichhayek/hayek.html
The Hayek Scholars' Page will also be including a link to the
Amazon (US) web bookstore page on _The Governance of
Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open Society_.
If you have any questions about the Hayek-L list or the Fuller
seminar, please send a message directly to:
[log in to unmask]
Greg Ransom
Hayek-L list host
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